Intel Edison Breakout board power supply

[BKish]

I wanted to power Edison module using a rechargeable battery for robotic application. But I am unaware of power sources that are available which suits better to supply required voltage of 5v-9v. Can you please suggest that are available?

[idata]

Hi Bhanukishan,

Thanks for your interest in the Intel® Edison platform. According to the http://download.intel.com/support/edison/sb/edisonbreakout_hg_331190006.pdf Intel Edison breakout board hardware guide, the J2 is the battery connector and if you want to power your board with a lithium-ion battery, you have to attach it to J2, J2 only accepts 4.2 Vmax. We recommend a battery with a built-in thermistor, this thermistor should be attached to the charger on the breakout board (J1), another detail, if you power the board with a battery, it will not supply power as a USB host. Therefore, Intel® Edison was designed not to support a specific power delivery method or specific battery chemistry and capacity range. This portion of the design is left to the end-user. Moreover, we would like to suggest you to take a look at these links regarding using the Edison with a battery attach to J2 or J21 (range 7V-15V), we believe you will find useful information:

• /docs/DOC-23878 Getting Started with Intel® Edison Mini Breakout Board, "Powering the Mini-breakout Board" section .
• /message/255542# 255542 Edison Mini Breakout Board Battery
• /message/281226# 281226 9V battery not powering Edison mini breakout board (J21)

Hope this information helps. Regards,-Yermi A.

[BKish]

I own Intel Edison Arduino Breakout board. Does your answer applies to this board too?

[idata]

Hi Bhanukishan,

Absolutely, this applies to the Intel Arduino Expansion board too, however, the jumper heads are different, for example, the thermistor should be connected to J13 instead of J1. Please take a look at the http://download.intel.com/support/edison/sb/edisonarduino_hg_331191007.pdf Intel® Edison Kit for Arduino* Hardware Guide for more details. Additionally, we would like to share these other links that have very useful information:

• /message/443638# 443638 Powering Intel Edison Arduino Breakout
• /message/431344# 431344 When to use J2 and its connected battery
• /docs/DOC-23455 Intel® Edison kit for Arduino – Jumper Headers

Hope this information helps, also, if you have any other question please let me know. Regards,-Yermi A.